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We appreciate you and pray for 32 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 2: God's very best in your life. Oh God bless you. 33 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:29,480 Speaker 2: It is always a joy to come into your homes. 34 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 2: We come with good news. We know God loves you. 35 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:35,119 Speaker 2: He's on your side. If you're ever in our area, 36 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:37,400 Speaker 2: I hope you'll stop by and see us. We'd love 37 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 2: to have you be a part of one of our services. 38 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 2: So thanks for tuning in today, but stop by whenever 39 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 2: you can. I'd like to start with something funny. Each 40 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 2: week I heard about this groom during the wedding rehearsal. 41 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 2: He said to the pastor, I'll make a deal with you. 42 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 2: If you'll change my wedding vows and leave out all 43 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 2: the love, honor and obey stuff, I'll give you a 44 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 2: hundred dollars. He pressed on hun dollars into the minister's hands, 45 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 2: and he walked away with a smile. The next day, 46 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 2: During the ceremony, the minister said, do you promise to 47 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:11,679 Speaker 2: bow down before your wife to take her breakfast in 48 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 2: bed every day to fulfill her every wish? He gulped 49 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:18,359 Speaker 2: in astonishment. Finally, in a weak voice, he said I do. 50 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 2: Then he leaned forward and said, hey, I thought we 51 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 2: had a deal. The minister handed him his money back 52 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 2: and said, your wife made me a much better offer. 53 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 2: All right, hold up your bible. Say it like you 54 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 2: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 55 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 2: says I am. I have what it says I have. 56 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 2: I can do what it says I can do. Today 57 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 2: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 58 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:49,359 Speaker 2: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 59 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 2: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 60 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 2: I want to talk to you today about divine protection 61 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 2: and not living in fear. We hear so much about 62 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 2: the terror threats and violence in our schools and how 63 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:07,079 Speaker 2: our cities are becoming less safe. If you watch the 64 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:13,359 Speaker 2: news very long, you'll see all kinds of troubling things shootings, accidents, kidnappings, 65 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 2: And it's so easy to go around in fear rather 66 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 2: than faith, worried about our children, worried about driving on 67 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:25,239 Speaker 2: the freeways, worried about our protection. One reason we worry, 68 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 2: one reason we give into fear, is we have forgotten 69 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 2: that we are not alone. The moment you were born, 70 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 2: God assigned an angel to watch over you. He has 71 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 2: signed one of his powerful warriors to guard you, to 72 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 2: protect you, to defend you. You have a secret agent 73 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 2: with you wherever you go. That's what it says in 74 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 2: Psalm ninety one. If we dwell in the secret place 75 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 2: of the Most High, then we can rest under the 76 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 2: shadow of the Almighty. That means if we keep God 77 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 2: first place, if we do ours to please him, then 78 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 2: we will always have his supernatural protection. Verse eleven goes 79 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 2: on to say he will command his angels to watch 80 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 2: over us. One translation says to a company to preserve 81 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 2: and to defend in all of our ways. We are 82 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 2: not alone. We have angels around us everywhere we go. Well, 83 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 2: what angels do? They are called messengers of God. All 84 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:30,720 Speaker 2: through the Bible, we see how an angel appeared and 85 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 2: gave a person wisdom, gave them instruction, told them what 86 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 2: to do. We see how they delivered people from danger, 87 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:43,160 Speaker 2: closed the mouths of lions, opened up prison doors. Angels 88 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 2: are the ones that carry out God's commands. In the 89 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 2: Book of Daniel, it says when he prayed, God immediately 90 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 2: dispatched the angel with the answer to his prayer. And 91 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 2: if we could see into the unseen realm, we'd see 92 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:02,920 Speaker 2: all these powerful war angels at work on our behalf. 93 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 2: I'm convinced if we really understood what was going on 94 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 2: around us, we'd have a lot more peace. We wouldn't 95 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 2: worry so much. A lot of times in pictures we 96 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 2: see angels as these little, chubby, dainty creatures floating through 97 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 2: the air, little wings playing the heart. But really that's 98 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:24,479 Speaker 2: not what the angels look like. If you study the scriptures, 99 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:30,920 Speaker 2: it describes them as incredibly strong, powerful warriors. In fact, 100 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 2: almost every time they appeared to someone in the Bible, 101 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 2: first thing they said was hey, don't be afraid. They 102 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,360 Speaker 2: had to calm the person down. It's because they are 103 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 2: an intimidating sight. They are majestic looking, clothed in armor. 104 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:48,479 Speaker 2: They got their sword drawn, they got their shield. They 105 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 2: are constantly on guard, carrying out God's commands. You think 106 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 2: about a president, a world leader. They have the secret service. 107 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:00,719 Speaker 2: They're like hawks. They watch him everyone where he goes, 108 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 2: everything he does, They're constantly making sure that he's okay. 109 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:08,840 Speaker 2: He's got the Secret Service protecting him, But you and 110 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 2: I have secret agents assigned by Almighty God. These angels 111 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:18,840 Speaker 2: not only do they protect and defend, but they are 112 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 2: here to assist us as well. Sometimes angels can appear 113 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 2: and we don't realize it. They can show up in 114 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 2: the form of a person. I heard one man say, 115 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 2: I'm married to an angel. She's always up in the 116 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 2: air about something. The scripture tells us we can entertain 117 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:41,279 Speaker 2: angels without even realizing it. In other words, they can 118 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 2: look just like another person. Now I'm convinced we've gotten 119 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:48,600 Speaker 2: breaks before. People have gone out of their way to 120 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:51,360 Speaker 2: help us. Things have changed in our favor. We didn't 121 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:54,720 Speaker 2: even realize it was the angel of the Lord. I 122 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:59,280 Speaker 2: heard a fascinating story about a well respected neurologist. This 123 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:02,479 Speaker 2: was years and one night, after a long day at 124 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 2: the office, he had gone to bed. A few minutes 125 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 2: there was a knock on his door. He opened it 126 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 2: and there was a small girl. She was upset and crying, 127 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 2: and she told how her mother was very ill and 128 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 2: desperately needed his help. And although it was a cold, 129 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 2: snowy night. He was very tired. He couldn't turn her down. 130 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 2: He followed the young lady home. He discovered that her 131 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 2: mother had a serious case of pneumonia. He made arrangements 132 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 2: to get her to the hospital and have her treated. 133 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 2: As the mother was leaving, he complimented her on her 134 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 2: daughter's intelligence, her daughter's determination, and the lady looked at 135 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 2: him very strangely and said, what are you talking about. 136 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 2: My daughter passed away over a month ago. The doctor 137 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 2: was totally confused. The lady added, you can check the closet, 138 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 2: her shoes, her coat, It's still in there. The doctor 139 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 2: opened the closet up and he found the exact pair 140 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 2: of shoes, the exact coat the little girl had been wearing. 141 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 2: Not only that, it was perfectly dry, didn't have any snow, 142 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 2: any rain. Well, what was that? I believe that could 143 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 2: have been the angel of the Lord dressed as her daughter. 144 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker 2: That was God dispatching an angel to take care of 145 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 2: one of his children. God is watching over you. He 146 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 2: has commanded his angels to take care of you, to 147 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 2: guard you, to assist you. How many times have things 148 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 2: gone our way? We didn't even realize it was the 149 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 2: hand of God. It was the angel of the Lord. 150 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 2: In the early nineteen nineties, Victoria and I were building 151 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:38,559 Speaker 2: a home. We were contracting it ourselves. We didn't have 152 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 2: a builder, so we were totally responsible. We'd go by 153 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 2: and check on it real often. One Sunday afternoon, around five, 154 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 2: we decided to run by. In driving down the street, 155 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:51,679 Speaker 2: we could see smoke coming from the house. Men. We 156 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:54,559 Speaker 2: were alarmed and we pulled in there quickly, and we 157 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 2: saw our neighbor inside putting out a fire. Evidently an 158 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:01,559 Speaker 2: extension cord had shorted out and caught fire, and the 159 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 2: house was in the framing stage. All that lumber, you 160 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:08,079 Speaker 2: can imagine how quickly it would have burned up. And 161 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 2: we didn't know our neighbor very well, but we asked 162 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 2: him what happened. He said he was at home and 163 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:16,079 Speaker 2: a man knocked on the door and said there's a 164 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 2: fire next door. He ran over to put it out, 165 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:21,719 Speaker 2: but he said when I went back to talk to him, 166 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 2: I went back to thank him, just a minute or 167 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 2: two later, he was nowhere to be found. He said, 168 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,720 Speaker 2: it was the strangest thing. He was here one moment 169 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 2: and gone the next, And I know that could have 170 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 2: been just somebody driving down the road that God caused 171 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:37,600 Speaker 2: to be at the right place at the right time. 172 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:41,199 Speaker 2: But it also could have been the angel of the 173 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:44,400 Speaker 2: Lord keeping us from a whole lot of heartache and pain. 174 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 2: My point is today is that God is watching over you. 175 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:54,080 Speaker 2: Don't live in fear. Don't go around worried about your children, 176 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:58,640 Speaker 2: worried about your safety. Be wise, use common sense, and 177 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 2: then just believe. When you drive to work, Father, thank 178 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 2: you that your angels are going before me, making the 179 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 2: crooked places straight. Father, thank you that your angels are 180 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 2: protecting my children at school today, learn to stay in faith, 181 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 2: not in fear. When we get afraid and we start worrying, 182 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:21,960 Speaker 2: start complaining. All this does is limit God from really working. 183 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:25,320 Speaker 2: And this is why many people are not seeing God's 184 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 2: blessings in favor and even God's protection like they should. 185 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:33,839 Speaker 2: The scripture says the angels hearken unto the voice of 186 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:38,640 Speaker 2: the Lord. That means they respond to God's word. And 187 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:41,320 Speaker 2: when you go around saying Father, thank you that your 188 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:46,119 Speaker 2: angels are protecting me, you just gave those angels permission 189 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:49,679 Speaker 2: to defend you. And I know growing up, we never 190 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 2: left the house without my mother praying Psalm ninety one 191 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 2: over us, Father, thank you that your angels are watching 192 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 2: over my children. Every morning before we went to school, 193 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 2: even said, Father, thank you that my children will never 194 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:08,319 Speaker 2: break a bone. And do you know she raised five children. 195 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 2: We were all very active. We all played sports, and 196 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 2: only my brother Paul, just kidding, not one of us, 197 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,480 Speaker 2: even to this day have we ever broken a bone 198 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:23,079 Speaker 2: in our body. And I believe it was in part 199 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 2: because my mother got her words lined up with God's word. 200 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 2: That's when God dispatches the angels to bring it to pass. 201 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:36,319 Speaker 2: No telling how many times I was playing football or 202 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 2: playing baseball and my angel moved somebody out of the way, 203 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 2: Thank God, especially if they were bigger than me. My 204 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:47,440 Speaker 2: angel softened a hard fall, kept me from getting hurt. 205 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:50,319 Speaker 2: That's what happens when we believe. Remember one time, when 206 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 2: I was nine or ten years old, I fell down 207 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:55,680 Speaker 2: real hard playing football, and I bent my little finger 208 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 2: over right here at the knuckle. 209 00:11:57,280 --> 00:11:58,240 Speaker 3: It was going just like that. 210 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:00,319 Speaker 2: Now I got up and looked at it. Taught me 211 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 2: and that's weird. Now I took this hen in a 212 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:06,440 Speaker 2: puppet right back into place. I never missed a beat, 213 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 2: went right back on playing, never broken a bone, but 214 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:13,839 Speaker 2: my finger is a little crooked. The scripture says, the 215 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 2: Angel of the Lord camps round about those that fear him. 216 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 2: We need to get in a habit of thanking God 217 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:23,840 Speaker 2: every day for his protection. When you send your children 218 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 2: to school tomorrow. In your imagination, just picture these huge, 219 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 2: powerful warriors standing right beside them, going with them everywhere 220 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:35,960 Speaker 2: they go. When you go to bed at night, Father, 221 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 2: thank you that your angels are watching over us while 222 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:42,200 Speaker 2: we sleep. That'll help you to rest in peace. Even 223 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 2: driving on the freeway, just like the President has those 224 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:49,839 Speaker 2: F sixteen fighter jets wherever he goes, Just picture a 225 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 2: couple of huge angels going before you, guarding you, slowing 226 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 2: down another car, moving you a little here, moving you there, 227 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:00,199 Speaker 2: keeping you safe and sound. Some of you by the 228 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 2: way you drive, your angels having to work over time. 229 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:07,079 Speaker 2: It's like that minister I told you about. He was 230 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 2: driving down the road and he looked down. He veered off, 231 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:13,200 Speaker 2: went through a ditch and crashed into a telephone pole. 232 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 2: The man behind him pulled over and ran up to 233 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:17,959 Speaker 2: him and said, sir, you okay. The minister said, yes, 234 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 2: I'm fine. The Angel of the Lord is with me. 235 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 2: The man shook his head and said, you better let 236 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:26,719 Speaker 2: him ride with me. You're about to kill him, but 237 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 2: learn to thank God for his protection. I remember my 238 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:34,720 Speaker 2: little sister April, when she first got her driver's license. 239 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 2: She was stopped at a stop sign and there was 240 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:40,679 Speaker 2: a big truck next tour. They were on the feeder road. 241 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 2: They were both going this way and they were waiting 242 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 2: for the cars to clear out. They had to ride away, 243 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 2: and this truck next tour pulled forward, and when he did, 244 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:51,080 Speaker 2: April thought, well, if he's going, I can go because 245 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:53,720 Speaker 2: he's kind of blocking me. The problem is the truck 246 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:56,720 Speaker 2: slammed on its brakes. He didn't see a big dump 247 00:13:56,840 --> 00:14:00,120 Speaker 2: truck coming. Well, April didn't have time to stop. She 248 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 2: kept going and that dump truck hit her little car 249 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 2: right behind the driver's seat and smashed it to pieces. 250 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,679 Speaker 2: Had she been a split second later, it would have 251 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 2: crushed her as well. Another foot or two and she 252 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:17,439 Speaker 2: probably wouldn't be here today. I know that wasn't a coincidence. 253 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 2: That was the Angel of the Lord guarding her, protecting her, 254 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 2: rescuing her. Well, you say, Joel, if that was an angel, 255 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 2: why didn't he stop the dump truck altogether. Why didn't 256 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 2: he keep the accident from happening at all. Now, God 257 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 2: is not going to deliver us from every adversity. I'm 258 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:37,160 Speaker 2: not saying we're going to have a trouble free life 259 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 2: and never have anything to deal with. But I am saying, 260 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 2: if you will stay in faith, God will put a 261 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 2: shield around you. He'll put a hedge of protection, and 262 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 2: he'll make sure you don't leave this earth. He'll make 263 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 2: sure you don't go home until it's your time to 264 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:56,600 Speaker 2: go home. And I know people that have gone to 265 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 2: be with the Lord sooner than I would have liked. 266 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 2: You probably know pe people that have been taken away 267 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 2: in accidents. But I still believe this God is in 268 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 2: complete control, and if he wants you to be here, 269 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 2: you're going to be here. If your time is not up, 270 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 2: all the forces of darkness cannot take you away. Stay 271 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 2: in faith, stay in courage. Thank God every day that 272 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 2: he has you in the palm of his hand. Thank 273 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:24,320 Speaker 2: him every day that no weapon formed against you will 274 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:28,040 Speaker 2: ever prosper. Thank Him that those angels are guarding and 275 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:32,320 Speaker 2: protecting you and your family. See, when you belong to Christ, 276 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 2: there is a bloodline that the enemy cannot cross. In 277 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:39,720 Speaker 2: the Old Testament, they put the blood over the doorpost. 278 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 2: The death angel had to pass on by. He had 279 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 2: no power. But today, when you put the blood over 280 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:49,520 Speaker 2: you and your family, the forces of darkness have no 281 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 2: power over you. Those that are for you are greater 282 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:56,440 Speaker 2: than those that are against you. One angel in the 283 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 2: Old Testament killed one hundred and eighty five thousand of 284 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 2: the enemies God. Now all over this building, right now, 285 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 2: there are thousands of these powerful angelic beings guarding, protecting, 286 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 2: assisting you and I Why don't you get your peace back? 287 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 2: Why don't you quit worrying about your future and worrying 288 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 2: about your children. God has commanded his angels to watch 289 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 2: over you. In Hebrews one fourteen, it says that angels 290 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 2: are ministering spirits. That simply means they're here to assist us, 291 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 2: to help us, even in small things. I remember my 292 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:35,160 Speaker 2: grandmother told how one day she was carrying a couple 293 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:38,840 Speaker 2: bags of groceries into her house. She was older in life, 294 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 2: not quite as strong as she used to be, and 295 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 2: she couldn't get the back door opened. It was a 296 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 2: screen door with one of those automatic closures, and she 297 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:50,760 Speaker 2: was struggling and struggling trying not to drop the groceries, 298 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 2: and finally she got her elbow in the door and 299 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 2: had it opened maybe three or four inches, And she said, 300 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:59,520 Speaker 2: all of a sudden, the door opened up on its own. 301 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 2: She thought one of her neighbors had come up behind 302 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 2: her and opened it for her. So she went to 303 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 2: the kitchen table, quickly set the groceries down, and came 304 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 2: right back out to thank that person. Not ten or 305 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:14,399 Speaker 2: fifteen seconds later, she told my father John, it was 306 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:17,439 Speaker 2: the strangest thing. I looked up and down the street. 307 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:21,919 Speaker 2: Nobody was around, But I'm telling you that door opened 308 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,920 Speaker 2: up on its own, and I realized that could have 309 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:28,440 Speaker 2: been a coincidence. It could have been something odd with 310 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 2: the closing mechanism up top. But I'm also bold enough 311 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 2: to believe it could have been the angel of the 312 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 2: Lord assisting her. God is concerned about smaller things. Well, Joel, 313 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:43,440 Speaker 2: that was just a coincidence. I'm sure the wind just 314 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 2: caught the door just right. Well, it may have been, 315 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:49,520 Speaker 2: but I like what somebody said. I never had any 316 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:53,720 Speaker 2: coincidences until I started believing. In other words, if you'll 317 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:56,280 Speaker 2: be a believer and not a doubter, you'll have a 318 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:59,680 Speaker 2: whole lot more quote coincidences. Now, I don't know about you, 319 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 2: but I will believe God's watching over me. I will 320 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:06,480 Speaker 2: believe God is guarding me. I will believe that he's 321 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:11,359 Speaker 2: protecting me, that he's assisting me. That's what the angels 322 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:14,200 Speaker 2: have been a sign to do. And of course we 323 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:18,399 Speaker 2: don't pray to angels. We certainly don't worship angels. They 324 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:21,879 Speaker 2: are simply messengers to carry out God's will. We should 325 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:25,399 Speaker 2: always give all praise and glory to God alone. But 326 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 2: angels hearken to the voice of the Lord. That means 327 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:33,680 Speaker 2: they listen and obey what God says. When you're in 328 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:37,879 Speaker 2: a tough situation, learn to speak God's word. When you 329 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:42,119 Speaker 2: speak his word, you activate those angels. That's what they 330 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:46,159 Speaker 2: respond to. Maybe you're about to make a big presentation 331 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:50,159 Speaker 2: to some clients at the office. You need God's favor. Well, 332 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 2: don't go around saying I'm so nervous. These people are 333 00:18:53,119 --> 00:18:55,120 Speaker 2: probably not going to like me. I'm not a very 334 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:58,280 Speaker 2: good speaker. No, when you need God's favor, just learn 335 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 2: to say, Father, you promise that you would surround me 336 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:04,360 Speaker 2: with favor like a shield. You said, no good thing, 337 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:07,120 Speaker 2: would you withhold. When I walk up rightly. You said 338 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:09,920 Speaker 2: I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me. 339 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 2: So I thank you right now that you are opening 340 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:15,920 Speaker 2: up doors that no man can shut. When you do that, 341 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:20,440 Speaker 2: the angels go to work. They respond to God's word. 342 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 2: When you speak it, it's just like God speaking it 343 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:27,960 Speaker 2: sending your children to school. You want to activate those angels. Father, 344 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:31,440 Speaker 2: you promised when we stayed under the shadow of the Almighty, 345 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:34,440 Speaker 2: we wouldn't even dash our foot against a stone. So 346 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 2: I thank you for protecting my children today. That activates 347 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:41,520 Speaker 2: the angels. That's what they respond to. God's word. This 348 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:44,719 Speaker 2: is why it's so important to not go around speaking 349 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:48,679 Speaker 2: negative things over you and your family. You can cancel 350 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:51,640 Speaker 2: out what God's trying to do. Well, Joel, I never 351 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:54,080 Speaker 2: get any good breaks. And I had a friend that 352 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:56,399 Speaker 2: prayed for protection. He got run over by a truck. 353 00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 2: Just my luck, it'll probably happen to me. Change what 354 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 2: you're saying, your negative thing. Do you realize the angels 355 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:08,480 Speaker 2: are listening to you. When they hear that kind of talk, 356 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:11,240 Speaker 2: they go sit in there, lazy boy, they go take 357 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:15,480 Speaker 2: a break. The only thing they respond to is God's word. 358 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 2: That's why all through the day. We should be saying, Father, 359 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:21,400 Speaker 2: thank you that you are a shield unto me. Thank 360 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:24,480 Speaker 2: you that you are fighting my battles for me. Thank 361 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:26,879 Speaker 2: you that I am blessed and I cannot be cursed. 362 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 2: I'm above only I'll never be beneath. You talk like that, 363 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:34,160 Speaker 2: and the angels perk up. It gets their attention. They say, Hey, 364 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:37,720 Speaker 2: do you hear God's word. We've been commanded to protect, 365 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 2: to assist, to rescue. Let's go to work. See God's 366 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 2: word coming out of our mouth releases supernatural power. Don't 367 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 2: fall into that old trap. Well, I'm so concerned about 368 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:51,200 Speaker 2: my children, so much going on at school. I just 369 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 2: hope they don't fall into the wrong crowd. Now, when 370 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 2: you do that, you're activating the negative. The way to 371 00:20:56,800 --> 00:21:00,680 Speaker 2: activate God's power is to say, God, I declar as 372 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 2: for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 373 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:05,640 Speaker 2: You said the seed of the righteous would be mighty 374 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:07,959 Speaker 2: on the earth. So I thank you that my children 375 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:11,200 Speaker 2: are blessed. I think that they'll choose good friends and 376 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:14,639 Speaker 2: that they will fulfill their destiny. When you talk like that, 377 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:18,720 Speaker 2: the angels go to work. That activates God's power. I 378 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 2: can imagine God saying to them, do you hear what 379 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:24,240 Speaker 2: they're saying, make sure their child doesn't run with the 380 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:27,040 Speaker 2: wrong crowd. I've got to back up my word. So 381 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:30,640 Speaker 2: those angels go to work guarding your child. A bad 382 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 2: influence is coming down the hallway at school, the angel says, hey, 383 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 2: let's move him over here, speed him up here, slow 384 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:41,520 Speaker 2: him down over there, constantly at work guarding, protecting, assisting. Now, 385 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:45,120 Speaker 2: I believe one of the reasons we don't see more 386 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:48,640 Speaker 2: of this is we're talking the wrong way. Well, Joel, 387 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:50,800 Speaker 2: I got some loved ones over in Iraq. It's so 388 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:54,080 Speaker 2: dangerous over there. I'm just so worried they're not gonna 389 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 2: make it back home. Now, you got to quit talking 390 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:59,679 Speaker 2: like that, Quit thinking like that. When you're tempted to worry, 391 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 2: when you're tempted to be negative, learn to just turn 392 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,720 Speaker 2: it around. Father, thank you that you have my loved 393 00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:08,400 Speaker 2: one in the palm of your hand, and you said 394 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:11,720 Speaker 2: no man can snatch him away. You said you would 395 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:15,720 Speaker 2: be our shield, our fortress, our tower of safety. You 396 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 2: said the number of our days you would fulfill. So, Father, 397 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:23,639 Speaker 2: my trust, my confidence, my hope, it's in you, the 398 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 2: true and the Living God. When you do that, the 399 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 2: angels go to work, and I want you to have 400 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:31,600 Speaker 2: a greater peace today. I want you to quit worrying 401 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 2: about everything and just learn to relax and really enjoy 402 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:38,359 Speaker 2: your life. I had a mother tell me last week, Joel, 403 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:41,240 Speaker 2: I'm almost too afraid to send my children to school. 404 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:44,359 Speaker 2: But we have to get out of that fearful mindset. 405 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 2: God is in control, His angels are watching over your children. 406 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:52,119 Speaker 2: And it's good to use common sense. It's good to 407 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:54,680 Speaker 2: do what you can, but at some point we have 408 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:57,600 Speaker 2: to trust God to do what we can, and our 409 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:01,600 Speaker 2: attitude should be God, my life is in your hands now. 410 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 2: I believe, because I'm under the shadow of the Almighty, 411 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:08,359 Speaker 2: that you are protecting and guarding our family everywhere we 412 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 2: go today. That's all we can do, commit our lives 413 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 2: into God's hands, and then go out in faith, knowing 414 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:17,480 Speaker 2: that God is in control, knowing that He will do 415 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:21,119 Speaker 2: what we can't do. I heard a story about a 416 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:24,920 Speaker 2: young lady late at night. She was leaving class and 417 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:28,360 Speaker 2: walking through the parking lot to her car. Was very 418 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:31,439 Speaker 2: dark and not many people around, and all of a sudden, 419 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 2: these three men stepped out. They had been hiding behind 420 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 2: some cars. They were about forty or fifty feet away, 421 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 2: and her heart just froze. She didn't know what to do. 422 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 2: She wanted to turn and run, but she knew she 423 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:46,720 Speaker 2: didn't have a chance, and so she just stood there 424 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 2: and prayed underneath her breath. The men continued coming toward her, 425 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:54,720 Speaker 2: and even though in the natural she was afraid, she 426 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:58,119 Speaker 2: told how deep down on the inside she had this 427 00:23:58,359 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 2: overwhelming peace. Something kept telling her everything is going to 428 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:05,639 Speaker 2: be okay. And when those men got just ten or 429 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:10,280 Speaker 2: fifteen feet away, suddenly they stopped. Their eyes got real 430 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 2: big terror came across their face. They started backing up 431 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 2: very slowly, very carefully. Finally they turned around and took 432 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 2: off running. She knew that God had supernaturally protected her, 433 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 2: but she didn't really know what had happened. In a 434 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:27,879 Speaker 2: few days, they caught one of those men and he 435 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,479 Speaker 2: admitted that they were going to harm her, they were 436 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:33,119 Speaker 2: going to assault her. But when they got up close 437 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 2: to her, he said, this huge warrior appeared. I'll never forget. 438 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:41,560 Speaker 2: He used the word warrior, and he went on to 439 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 2: describe it. He said it stood over ten feet tall, 440 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:49,520 Speaker 2: and he talked about its physique and how its arms 441 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:53,120 Speaker 2: and legs and chests were rippling with muscles, and how 442 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 2: its face was radiating with so much light you could 443 00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:59,359 Speaker 2: hardly even look at it. He described how its sword 444 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 2: was drawn looked to be over six feet in length. 445 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:05,119 Speaker 2: He had a sword here, a shield here, And he 446 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:08,239 Speaker 2: was standing right over that young lady. She only came 447 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:10,600 Speaker 2: up to his waist. But it was like the angel 448 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:13,800 Speaker 2: was saying, come on, make my day. I dare you 449 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:17,040 Speaker 2: to touch her. I dare you to lay a finger 450 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:21,680 Speaker 2: on her. Friends, you are not alone. You too have 451 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 2: these powerful warring angels surrounding you everywhere you go. And 452 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:30,000 Speaker 2: in our times of danger, when we don't know what 453 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 2: to do, we can stay in peace, knowing that we 454 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 2: have God's supernatural protection. About a month ago, there was 455 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 2: a story on the news about a teenage girl. She 456 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:43,119 Speaker 2: had driven her car into some high water on a 457 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:45,880 Speaker 2: flooded street. It was during one of the real bad 458 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 2: rains in another city, and she ended up stranded in 459 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:52,159 Speaker 2: the car and the water was rising so fast in 460 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:54,159 Speaker 2: just a few minutes, it was at the top of 461 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:57,119 Speaker 2: her hood. Now she couldn't open the door, the pressure 462 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:59,840 Speaker 2: was too much. She had not rolled the windows down 463 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:02,920 Speaker 2: they were electric. Now she couldn't get them down. And 464 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:05,159 Speaker 2: on top of this, she didn't know how to swim. 465 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 2: It was heartbreaking to watch. They were showing it on 466 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:10,840 Speaker 2: the news. And this one man swam out there and 467 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:13,400 Speaker 2: he did his best. He tried and tried to break 468 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 2: that window open, struggled and struggled, but the current was 469 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 2: just too strong. He couldn't do it. And the car 470 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:22,560 Speaker 2: was just slowly floating down the road. And in just 471 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:26,200 Speaker 2: a few seconds, it seemed like slow motion, the front 472 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:29,400 Speaker 2: of the car tilted forward and then the whole thing 473 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:32,119 Speaker 2: went underwater, and my heart sunk. I thought, man, this 474 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:35,040 Speaker 2: young lady is not going to make it. About that time, 475 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:38,440 Speaker 2: another man jumped in the water and swam over there 476 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:42,480 Speaker 2: like he was superman. Somehow he found the car underwater 477 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 2: and he went to work. Ten or fifteen seconds later, 478 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:48,680 Speaker 2: you could see the young girl's arm coming up out 479 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:51,639 Speaker 2: of the water, and I thought to myself, being the 480 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:54,399 Speaker 2: great man of faith that I am, how in the 481 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:58,200 Speaker 2: world did he get that window open? It a few 482 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:01,719 Speaker 2: seconds later he pulled her whole body out, helped her 483 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:04,840 Speaker 2: to the shore, and she was perfectly fine, walked off 484 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:08,000 Speaker 2: on her own two feet. And if that wasn't amazing enough. 485 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 2: A few minutes later, a wrecker pulled the car out 486 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:14,360 Speaker 2: of the water, and much to their surprise, they discover 487 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 2: that the window was not rolled down, none of the 488 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 2: other windows were broken, the doors had not been open. 489 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:24,200 Speaker 2: The newscaster was sitting there dumbfounded. He said, I don't 490 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:26,560 Speaker 2: know you figure that one out. I can tell you 491 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:28,720 Speaker 2: what it was. It was the angel of the Lord 492 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:34,520 Speaker 2: rescuing her, guarding her, protecting her. If God warns you out, 493 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,359 Speaker 2: he will get you out. He doesn't have to have 494 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:40,320 Speaker 2: an open window. He can part a red sea, he 495 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:42,879 Speaker 2: can close the mouths of lines. He'll be with you 496 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:47,320 Speaker 2: in that fiery furnace. Friends, those that are for us 497 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:50,399 Speaker 2: are greater than those that are against us. When the 498 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:52,760 Speaker 2: enemy comes in like a flood, God will raise up 499 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:55,520 Speaker 2: a barrier. Now, I want your faith to be started. 500 00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:58,920 Speaker 2: You are not alone. You've got these powerful warriors all 501 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 2: around you. Don't live in fear. Don't activate the negative 502 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:07,359 Speaker 2: by speaking negative, thinking negative. Activate those angels by speaking 503 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:10,280 Speaker 2: God's word. Thank him every day that he's got you 504 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:12,680 Speaker 2: in the palm of his hand. Thank him that he 505 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:15,760 Speaker 2: is watching over you and your children. If you do this, 506 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:18,879 Speaker 2: God promises you won't even dash your foot against the 507 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:22,640 Speaker 2: stone because you're under the shadow of the Almighty. You'll 508 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:25,800 Speaker 2: have his supernatural protection. His angels will watch over you, 509 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,320 Speaker 2: and I know you'll live the life of victory. God 510 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:30,639 Speaker 2: has in story. Amen, do you receive it today? 511 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:31,920 Speaker 3: I know you do. 512 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:35,760 Speaker 2: We never like to close all broadcast without giving you 513 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:38,680 Speaker 2: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 514 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:43,360 Speaker 2: Would you pray with me? 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